Cromnus

Cromnus or Kromnos (Ancient Greek: Κρῶμνος)[1] or Cromna or Kromna (Κρῶμνα),[2] or Cromi or Kromoi (Κρῶμοι),[3] was a town of ancient Arcadia on the frontiers of Messenia, the inhabitants of which were removed to Megalopolis, on the foundation of the latter city in 371 BCE. Its territory is called Cromitis or Kromitis (Κρωμῖτις) by Pausanias.[4] Cromnus was the site of a battle where the Arcadians defeated the forces of Sparta under Archidamus III in 364 BCE.[5]

Its site is located near modern Paradeisia-Martiakos.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 7.4.21.
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
  3. ^ Pausanias (1918). "3.4". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library., 8.27.4, 8.34.6.
  4. ^ Pausanias (1918). "34.6". Description of Greece. Vol. 8. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
  5. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tod, Marcus Niebuhr (1911). "Archidamus s.v. 3.". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 367.
  6. ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
  7. ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Cromi". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

37°19′36″N 22°05′06″E / 37.3267°N 22.0851°E / 37.3267; 22.0851


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